Artist's concept of a red giant star and white dwarf orbiting one another. When the red giant moves behind the white dwarf, a nova explosion on the white dwarf ignites. (Photo Credit: NASA Goddard ...

What can an exploding star in a distant galaxy teach scientists about red supergiants? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...

A stronomers have been able to catch the earliest phases of supernova explosions with one of the most powerful observatories ...

This rapid reaction required astronomers to use a technique called spectropolarimetry to gather information about the ...

Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a ...

A new discovery about what happens when a supernova – an exploding star – and a black hole collide could change the way scientists understand the lives and deaths of stars. The finding was the first ...

NASA is unveiling close-up pictures of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of our solar system ...

The astronomers observed the first recorded case of an exploding star interacting with a black hole by using an AI model built to detect unusual events in space, Space.com reported on Wednesday. The ...